Package-tie



W. B. HANNER AND J. W. ADAMS.

' PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13.1918.

Patented N 0V. 4919.-

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PACKAGE-TIE.

Application filed February 13, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ILLIAM B. I'IAN- NEH and JOHN IV. Ansmrs, citizensof the United States, residing at Sikeston, in the county of Scott andState of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements inPackage-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to package ties, the object in view being toprovide a; simple, easily manipulated, reliable and cheap device of thecharacter referred to which may be used for tying u bundles of letters,books, and packages of all kinds.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hereindescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the improved tie in its relation to apackage.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the cord grip.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a slight addition to the grip.

The improved package tie comprises a. flexible cord 1 of any desiredlength. In additionto the cord 1, the package tie comprises a cord gripwhich is formed of a si gle length of spring wire to impart thenecessary resiliency and cord gripping properties thereto. A suitablelength of wire is recurved centrally upon itself to form an eye 2 fromwhich arm like portions 3 extend somewhat divergently in relation toeach other, the object of which is to give the arms 3 a normal'tendencyto spring away from each other, thereby increasing the grip tension onthe cord as will be apparent in Fig. 1. At points intermediate theirlength, the arms 3 are recurved outwardly as shown at and afterextending a short distance, they are again recurved as shown at 5, andextended across the recurved portions 4 and then onward in the samegeneral divergent direction, the extreme end portions of the arms beingrecurved to form rounded extremities or eyes 5 which will do away withall projecting points which might interfere with the dextrousmanipulation of the cord in wrapping the same around the cord grip. Thecord 1 is fastened to the eye2 and after passing the cord one or moretimes around Specification of lletters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Serial No. 216,906.

the package, the cord is carried over one of the loop like projectingbranches 6 of the cord grip, where it is frictionally grasped betweensuch loop like portions 6 of the adjacent part of the arm 3. The cord isthen carried across and wrapped around the op positely located loop likeportion 6 of the cord grip in the same manner as previously described.It is preferred to wrap the cord after the manner of the numeral 8 'andas many wrappings may be given to the cord as may be found desirable ornecessary. The arms 3 by having a normal tendency to spring away fromeach other, serve to keep the wrappings taut or under snfiicient tensionto prevent them from escaping from the wedge like spaces in which theylie between the arms 3 and the loop like portions 6 of the cord grip.

In some cases, it may be found desirable to employ a U-shaped clip 7which may be inserted through the eye 2 and to which the cord 1 may befastened. As the clip 7 may be rocked in the eye 2, either upwardly ordownwardly or beyond one side or the other, said clip imparts additionalflexibility to the connection between the cord and cord grip.

We claim:

1. In a package tie, a cord grip having an eye at one end to which saidcord is fastened, said cord grip comprising diverging arms having anormal tendency to spring away from each other, said arms being recurvedapproximately centrally between the ends thereof and extended in theopposite direction, then recurved again and extended across the firstpoint where they are recurved and then extended in the same generaldirection as before, thereby forming two spaced loop like cord grippingportions around which a cord is adapted to be wrapped and which portionsby virtue of their connection with the spring arms designed to exert anoutward pressure from each other whereby to hold the cord tauttherebetween.

2. In a package tie, a cord grip comprising diverging arms having anormal tendency to spring away from each other, said arms being recurvedbetween the ends thereof and extended in the opposite direction thenreourved again and extended curved to form rounded extremities or eyes,across the first point where they are refor the purpose specified.

curved and then extended in the same gen- In testimony whereof we aflixour sig- 10 eral direction as before, thereby forming natures.

loop like cord gripping portions around which a cord is adapted to bewrapped, the WILLIAM B. HANNEL. extreme end portions of said arms beingre- JOHN W. ADAMS.

